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Emersion heater or Gas

uggmug
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When it's warm enough to turn the gas central heating off I thought it might be cheaper to use the emersion heater for hot water rather than the gas system in light of the price of gas now..any advise welcome. 

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  • QrizB
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    Welcome to the forum. This is almost a FAQ now.
    Unless you're in a very special situation, mains gas is roughly a quarter the price of mains electricity. It will still be cheaper to heat your water with gas.
    Exceptions include households with electricity tariffs with especially cheap off-peak rates, eg. some tariffs intended for EV owners.
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  • molerat
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    For me the price has changed from electric being 4.8 times the price of gas down to 3.8 times so it still generally falls in the favour of gas.   I did an experiment a few years back and found I was using 11 kWh per day heating the water so costing at today's rate  around 82p which would power the immersion heater for around 1 hour.

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